I was suggesting using the call to statuses/show to build this URL programmatically, like with this psuedo-code:
$status = new Status( "http://twitter.com/statuses/show/"; + $in_reply_to_status_id+ ".xml") $screen_name = $status->get_screen_name(); echo "http://twitter.com/"; + $screen_name + "/status/" + $in_reply_to_status_id; Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:26 PM, P Burrows <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, sure. But, I was thinking more of building a url ala: > http://twitter.com/demosthe/status/1659019581 > > > > -- > Patrick Burrows > http://www.CleverHumans.com > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The statuses/show method is perfect [1]. >> >> 1. >> http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-REST-API-Method%3A-statuses%C2%A0show >> >> Thanks, >> Doug >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Doug Williams | Platform Support | Twitter, Inc. >> >> 539 Bryant St. Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94107 >> http://twitter.com/dougw >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:40 PM, P Burrows <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there an easy way to get the screen name of an in_reply_to_status_id >>> for purposes of linking to the original tweet? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Before today, the value of the in_reply_to_status_id field was validated >>>> by two requirements,: >>>> >>>> 1) It was set to a valid status_id >>>> 2) The valid status_id's author from #1 was @replied in the update >>>> (@reply here is the old definition where "@user" was at the beginning of >>>> the >>>> tweet). >>>> >>>> If the value of in_reply_to_status_id did not meet these criteria, it >>>> was silently dropped. >>>> >>>> We have relaxed requirement #2 to permit mentions, meaning that the user >>>> of the referenced tweet needs to be included somewhere in the update. Enjoy >>>> the new data! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Doug >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Doug Williams >>>> Twitter Platform Support >>>> http://twitter.com/dougw >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
